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Contact Info
Home Town Kingston
Last Address The Hospice Community Care of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Date of Passing Feb 15, 2008
Location of Interment Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (VA) - Annville, Pennsylvania
PHC Daniel S. Dodd, U.S.N. (Ret.) Chief Photographers Mate
Daniel S. Dodd was born June 25, 1931 in Kingston, PA. Dodd joined the US Navy on September 8, 1950. He achieved the rank of PHC and was discharged on March 16, 1970.
Chief Photographers Mate Dodd was a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Dan was the official photographer of Commander River Flotilla One (COMRIVFLOT-1) and many of his pictures were published in the book "Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam".
Many of Chief Dodd's Vietnam photos can be found on the MRF Association's web site at www.mrfa.org. Chief Dodd donated all his photos and audio to the MRFA; not only are his photos on the web site but posted in their mobile trailer and on display at their reunions. Chief Dan Dodd was a good man and a good Sailor and will be missed by all who knew him and those who served with him. The officers and members of the Mobile Riverine Force Association express their sincerest gratitude and admiration for the courageous work of combat photographers, like PHC Dan Dodd, USN (Ret.). While the official photos are the property of the people of the United States, the heroism of those who took the pictures, as that of their subjects, will be their legacy forever.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (68)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.